Cryptosporidium fragile

Cryptosporidium fragile
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Sar
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Cryptosporidiidae
Genus:	Cryptosporidium
Species:	C. fragile
Binomial name
	Cryptosporidium fragile; Jirků, Valigurová, Koudela, Křížek, Modrý & Šlapeta, 2008

Cryptosporidium fragile is a protozoan.^[1] Its oocysts are subspherical to elliptical with irregular contour. It is known to infect black-spined toads, particularly their gastric epithelial cells.

References

^ Jirků, Miloslav; Andrea Valigurová; Břetislav Koudela; Jaroslav Křížek; David Modrý; Jan Šlapeta (2008). "New species of Cryptosporidium Tyzzer, 1907 (Apicomplexa) from amphibian host: morphology, biology and phylogeny" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 55: 81–94. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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[Jirku-1] Jirků, Miloslav; Andrea Valigurová; Břetislav Koudela; Jaroslav Křížek; David Modrý; Jan Šlapeta (2008). "New species of Cryptosporidium Tyzzer, 1907 (Apicomplexa) from amphibian host: morphology, biology and phylogeny" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 55: 81–94. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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